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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JUNE 5, 2018
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Sherwin-Williams, Lead Paint & Investors
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JULY 26, 2019
Last May, a federal jury in Milwaukee awarded $2 million each to two adults for harm done by lead paint when they ingested it as children. The class action win in CA and the individual ones in Milwaukee have opened the legal analogue of a Pandora's box. It went on for 19 years. That was the lead paint class action public nuisance lawsuit filed in Santa Clara County, California.
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The Guardian Publishes Major Feature on Lead Poisoning
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JUNE 26, 2019
"In May, a federal jury awarded three Milwaukee men $2m each for lead paint poisoning they suffered as toddlers, to be paid by the paint companies Sherwin-Williams, Armstrong Container Corp and DuPont. The verdict is the first of its kind …" Anna Almendrala, The Guardian, June 26, 2019. Here is the article. Earlier there was the verdict in a Santa Clara, California class action public nuisance lawsuit against several former lead paint companies.
On a Jury? Steer Clear of Facebook
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
DECEMBER 12, 2016
In real life, USA Today reports that an almost $2 million damage award in Milwaukee is in play. On "The Good Wife," Alicia had hit a homerun. That could have been the tipping point which put her on the partner tack. Alicia noticed on Facebook that the judge overseeing a case had connected with a woman who was a juror. The judge had been running for re-election so was eager to max his reach on Facebook. You bet, Alicia leveraged that to have a mistrial declared.
Stock Price - CEO's Too-Earnest Apology Can Sink It
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
NOVEMBER 14, 2015
" Researchers Daryl Koehn of DePaul University and Maria Goranova of the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee analyzed corporate apologies. "Father, let's keep this mea culpa light. I don't want to sink the company stock price. Or sound, well, too feminine." What they found is that those which contained the most emotion were correlated with plunges in stock price.
David Colletti Probably Could Use a Tall One
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MAY 4, 2016
MillerCoors has filed a civil case against him in Milwaukee County Circuit Court. To be a vice president of marketing at a big beer company. That's a dream job for many. Yet, David Colletti wanted more - millions of dollars more. Today, he accepted a plea deal for embezzling $8.6 million from his employer MillerCoors. In exchange for pleading guilty, his prison sentence could be downsized to half what it would have been: 10 years.
What America Reads…
Matt Eventoff
JUNE 26, 2009
34 – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 203,240 361,355. I found this post from Brian Solis very interesting – a list of the top media outlets, by circulation, as well as the 25 most popular blogs in America, as compiled by BurrellesLuce. . Marshall McLuhan is famous for stating “the medium is the message&# and with the introduction of a newer medium (online, web) there is constant debate as to its effect on older mediums (print, broadcast).
Effective Public Speaking: Robert Fripp speaks about Heroes
Fripp THE Executive Speech Coach
APRIL 29, 2009
Meanwhile I am in Milwaukee speaking with Heartland Advisers. They were recognized in August 2008 as a "Top Milwaukee Workplace" by The Business Journal.and their 50 employees. My brother Robert Fripp and his wife Toyah Willcox are performing for the President of Estonia as part of their celebration of their independence. Great company! As part of my presentation I quoted my brother's comments about heroes. He played on David Bowie's Heroes.
PR 101: File lawsuit to give story legs
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
APRIL 22, 2010
federal court in Milwaukee, accusing Vatican officials of failing to protect children from the man the Vatican knew was a possible child molester." Lawsuits, particularly because they are so slow-moving and because America is legal trigger-happy, are a sure-fire way to give a story legs. So, communications professionals like myself anticipated that someone in the clergy sex abuse loop would file a complaint against, yes, the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church.
Joke Contest Results — Blended Cities
Humor Power
DECEMBER 9, 2009
It’s time for the results of our Blended Cities joke writing contest. The contest theme was inspired by Sol Morrison of Santa Barbara. New Joke Contests are announced mid-month. New Cartoon Caption Contests are announced on the first of the month. Here are this month’s top lines: ** FIRST PLACE **. Maryland and Tijuana — Mary-Juana: A city Bill Clinton visited but didn’t inhaled once while he was there. Darin Thompson, Smithfield, Utah, USA. ** SECOND PLACE **.
Joke Contest Results — Blended Cities
Humor Power
DECEMBER 9, 2009
It’s time for the results of our Blended Cities joke writing contest. The contest theme was inspired by Sol Morrison of Santa Barbara. New Joke Contests are announced mid-month. New Cartoon Caption Contests are announced on the first of the month. Here are this month’s top lines: ** FIRST PLACE **. Maryland and Tijuana — Mary-Juana: A city Bill Clinton visited but didn’t inhaled once while he was there. Darin Thompson, Smithfield, Utah, USA. ** SECOND PLACE **.
What Constitutes "Satisfactory Academic Progress" in the 21st Century?
Speaking Of...
JULY 15, 2013
Yet, I would still fall behind on paying rent, and in lieu of eviction, would move back home to Milwaukee in the spring of 2011. Therefore, in the spring of 2012, I was hired as an assistant manager for a children''s museum in downtown Milwaukee, and within a few months was promoted to manager of the visitor services department. I often receive email from students who''ve learned of my interest in the contemporary college experience and want to provide a window into their own.
Pennsylvania Education Policy Roundup for September 19, 2013: Ravitch and Rhee: Two Near-Opposite Views for Fixing Philadelphia Schools
Speaking Of...
SEPTEMBER 19, 2013
In both cases, however, it is bully politics pure and simple, and there is no excuse for the misinformation: [link] Great Education War being waged on multiple fronts Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel by Alan J.
Will the Campuses Crumble? A Dream of the Future involving Detroit, Mad Men, and Samuel Clemens
Speaking Of...
JULY 16, 2013
And yet, I imagine this same assurance was felt by workers in Detroit, Cleveland, and Milwaukee during the 1950s and 60s. This post is authored by R. Thomas, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. There’s a lot of talk these days about university reform, and coursing through it I see a beautiful and tragic dream of the future. Dreams, of course, meld idiosyncratic images and mine blends Detroit, Mad Men, and the great speeches of Samuel Clemens.
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